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All About Me Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore psychology by writing about themselves. In this personality lesson, students answer a list of questions that help analyze their own traits and history. Students create a personal "All About Me" book which they share with...
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All About Me Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students engage in an "All About Me," series of activities in the beginning of the year. All sorts of ideas are in this lesson plan to help students express themselves and get to know their classmates.
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Look Inside--Get to Know Me

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students are introspective and make replicas of items that represent their interests and personalities. They create an appealing holder for clues about themselves. Students get to know their classmates and develop friendships by...
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Getting to Know Us

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover pictures are worth a thousand smiles. In this early childhood language arts lesson, students use their growing powers of observation and language skills to get to know their classmates.
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Interviews and Beyond

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students get to know their classmates by interviewing them. Individually, they develop questions they want to know about their classmates and ask one a week. To end the lesson, they use a tissue box to draw their partner and the answers...
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It's All About Me

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners become familiar with digital cameras and multimedia tools such as PowerPoint or MediaBlender. They take photographs of themselves and other classmates using a digital camera. Each student creates a slide for a class PowerPoint...
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The All About Me Poster

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners write about themselves and create a poster to illustrate who they are.
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Identity Portraits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
When you look at me, what do you see? Young learners answer this question by creating a portrait that reflects the identity of one of their peers. First, class members create interview questions. Then, they interview classmates to...
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The Art of Me

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students study about symbols and reflect on the important things in their lives. They choose symbols to represent some of the things that are most important to them and follow directions to create their works of art.
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First Day Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars participate in a first day icebreaker activity. In this icebreaker lesson, students are paired up and film their partner doing something unique. Young scholars continue to film eachother while conducting a short interview.
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The Name Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to a song in which they practice echoing. During the song, they sing a song in which they give their name and their classmates say their name back to the original person. They practice singing to each other in...
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"All About Me" Posters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover themselves by creating a poster to present the class.  In this personal habits lesson, 3rd graders identify characteristics that make them unique and explore goals they wish to accomplish.  Students create...
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All About Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this personal profile worksheet, students fill in the blanks about facts about themselves as well as draw a picture of themselves to share with their classmates.
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I Wonder How the Manduca Life Cycle Compares To the Human Life Cycle...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study life cycles including developing their understanding of the human life cycle. They decide where they are in the human life cycle and provide reasons for that placement. They compare the human life cycle to that of the...
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Me and My Logo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design their own emblem. In this introduction lesson, students get to know one another by designing an emblem that combines symbols that represent themselves. They express themselves to their classmates. 
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Welcome Back!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners visually represent their identities on handmade puzzle pieces. They participate in a personal get-acquainted activity designed to build friendships in a new group. They get to know new classmates with fun. Students etch five...
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Papier-Mache Retirement Buddies

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students make papier-mache people.  In this relationship building lesson, students develop a relationship with a local retirement center or nursing home and get to know at least one of the residents.  Students make a papier-mache...
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Little Kids Rock

Everyone Likes Singing a Parody

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Familiar songs get an educational spin with a parody writing lesson. Scholars take their favorite songs and change the lyrics to reinforce topics taught in the classroom.
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Guest Readers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young readers explore reading comprehension by creating a class presentation. In this storytelling lesson, puils read an assigned text in class and analyze the characters, settings and story. They create an illustrated presentation in...
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Writing the Essay

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Relate the structure of the essay to the structure of a building. The class compares an essay to a building, with the writer being the architect, the introduction being the foundation, and so on. They use the visual representation of a...
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Meet Our Class

For Teachers K - 4th
Students survey the exploration of oneself through self-assessment and interviews by others. They organize ways to present themselves to the world through writing and artwork. They also customize research from a computer as a tool for...
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Beginning with Bosch

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore surrealism through the artwork of Hieronymus Bosch. In this surrealism lesson, students understand the characteristics of the art of Bosch and create an original artwork and poem to go with it.
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Discussing Poetry In Class

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate syllabic metre and rhyming techniques by analyzing poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students read the poem Considering the Snail and discuss the nature and mood of the poem with their classmates.  Students...
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"The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers who are about to read the chilling tale, The Lottery, do some writing beforehand. They are asked to write how their lives would change if they won a huge lottery jackpot. Then, they read the short story, and will be...